Half Moon Island / myLot

Boise, Idaho

April 7, 2025 4:57pm CST

On a South Korean island off the southwestern coast, Banwol, everything revolves around the color violet. All items are painted lilac inspired by native purple bellflowers and lavender fields of New England Astors. 400 buildings, old-style telephone boxes, and even a bridge are all painted shades of lilac. This is part of a tourism project. It has drawn over 487,000 visitors since 2019.

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Greenery8

@grenery8 (15765)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

8 Apr

what a hard work, painting all in purple or lilac.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (173084)

• Boise, Idaho

8 Apr

Maybe, but what an interesting outcome.

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Greenery8

@grenery8 (15765)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

10 Apr

@celticeagle i definitely agree and what a cool touristic attraction

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (173084)

• Boise, Idaho

10 Apr

@grenery8 ..........yes, it is that.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (108578)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

7 Apr

I like that part of the world where the purple bellflowers and the town having old style telephone boxes

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (173084)

• Boise, Idaho

8 Apr

It sounds like a nice area to visit.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (108578)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

8 Apr

@celticeagle

OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (93601)

• United States

10 Apr

Lovely but I prefer Half Moon Bay in Cally.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (173084)

• Boise, Idaho

10 Apr

It is closer.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (350708)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Apr

That sounds really intriguing. It's interesting what people come up with to attract tourists.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (173084)

• Boise, Idaho

8 Apr

Yes, it is.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (186539)

• United States

8 Apr

That would be a nice, relaxing color!

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (173084)

• Boise, Idaho

8 Apr

I think so. My daughter loves purple

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Faru Mesh

@FaruMesh (3514)

• India

9 Apr

Chefchaouen, also known as the "The Blue pearl" or “Blue City,” stacked beneath the mountains of northwest Morocco. It is called the Blue City because all of the homes are painted blue including some streets and the walls.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (173084)

• Boise, Idaho

9 Apr

How interesting.

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